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Post by andydecker on Jun 15, 2021 10:11:17 GMT
Blackenstein is, indeed, bottom of the barrel stuff, but fodder for bad movie fans like yours truly. Damn, now I have to look Blackenstein up. I have only seen Foxy Brown and Coffey, which I bought in a Pam Grier box, but never stumbled upon the blaxploitation horror movies. Again only read about them :-)
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Post by Swampirella on Jun 15, 2021 10:49:59 GMT
Growing up in the 70s I only remember a few Aussie series, Skippy and Boney being two that spring to mind. We had "Skippy" here; thanks for bringing back a vague but somewhat fond memory. That's reminded me of this somewhat saccharine 1970s Canadian animal-related program; the theme is definitely catchy (hope that rifle wasn't loaded):
Beware of listening; I'm going to have an earworm of it all day & so will many of you!
Just watched the Skippy theme; don't remember it but know I watched & enjoyed the program.
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Post by ripper on Jun 15, 2021 11:22:35 GMT
Blackenstein is, indeed, bottom of the barrel stuff, but fodder for bad movie fans like yours truly. Damn, now I have to look Blackenstein up. I have only seen Foxy Brown and Coffey, which I bought in a Pam Grier box, but never stumbled upon the blaxploitation horror movies. Again only read about them :-) The Blaculas are certainly worth viewing and I do like Sugar Hill with its voodoo zombies exacting revenge on some gangster types. Abby is a blaxploitation rip-off of The Exorcist--again worth seeing as you just don't get anything like that anymore.
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Post by ripper on Jun 15, 2021 11:24:23 GMT
Growing up in the 70s I only remember a few Aussie series, Skippy and Boney being two that spring to mind. We had "Skippy" here; thanks for bringing back a vague but somewhat fond memory. That's reminded me of this somewhat saccharine 1970s Canadian animal-related program; the theme is definitely catchy (hope that rifle wasn't loaded):
Beware of listening; I'm going to have an earworm of it all day & so will many of you!
Just watched the Skippy theme; don't remember it but know I watched & enjoyed the program.
Ah, yes, I remember The Littlest Hobo, but didn't know it was from Canada. Skippy was very popular here and was shown on TV for many years. There was a lot of mocking about how the humans could seemingly understand what Skippy was trying to tell them so easily. Another series from the early 70s that I think was Canadian was The Forest Rangers. It was shown teatime on Sundays, but I didn't like it much. Perhaps I was a little too young for its intended audience.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jun 15, 2021 13:23:20 GMT
These Blaxploitation trailers are incredible. This stands out so far, for the rhyming voiceover, which is in what I think they call jive. Are they real? This is DR. BLACK, MR. HYDE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8QMxVYzAMAnother that suggests the lead actor had talent and deserved better (even though they do seem fun).
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Post by ripper on Jun 15, 2021 14:45:06 GMT
These Blaxploitation trailers are incredible. This stands out so far, for the rhyming voiceover, which is in what I think they call jive. Are they real? This is DR. BLACK, MR. HYDE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8QMxVYzAMAnother that suggests the lead actor had talent and deserved better (even though they do seem fun). Yes, they are 100% real films, Princess, and you're right, Bernie Casey was an actor who was in lots of stuff in the 70s. He was originally an athlete and American football player before getting into acting. Two other major blaxploitation movie stars, Jim Brown and Fred Williamson, were also NFL players in their younger days. They were mostly cast in tough guy roles, basically either clones of 'Shaft' or occasionally mafia types. Brown was in a few westerns as well, and yes, there were blaxploitation westerns in the 70s...Soul Soldiers, The Black Bounty Killer, Legend of Black Charlie ('Black' was substituted for a highly offensive word, but I have seen the film with both 'Black' and that horrible word in its title--maybe it was substituted in re-releases or due to protests, not sure). Remember the mid 80s Stallone film Cobra? Williamson starred in Black Cobra soon after, with 2 sequels.
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Post by helrunar on Jun 15, 2021 15:22:12 GMT
Bernie Casey was superb in the 1972 TV film Gargoyles, in which he portrayed the "Head Gargoyle." Despite an elaborate costume and mask-like makeup, he projected a definite personality and sense of intrigue.
When I think of US horror films I liked in the 1970s, it's telefilms that come to mind. Titles such as Crowhaven Farm, The Devil's Daughter, The Cat Creature, Satan's School for Girls (ridiculous, really, but had great atmosphere), Black Noon (which I missed at the time but caught up with in the current era), and so on.
I wasn't a fan of the big marquee American horror films in the Seventies. I saw almost none of them at the time. They tended to strike me as tacky and overdone. Even at age 18 I was something of a fussy old queen. So there you are.
H.
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Post by ripper on Jun 15, 2021 17:15:00 GMT
Bernie Casey was superb in the 1972 TV film Gargoyles, in which he portrayed the "Head Gargoyle." Despite an elaborate costume and mask-like makeup, he projected a definite personality and sense of intrigue. When I think of US horror films I liked in the 1970s, it's telefilms that come to mind. Titles such as Crowhaven Farm, The Devil's Daughter, The Cat Creature, Satan's School for Girls (ridiculous, really, but had great atmosphere), Black Noon (which I missed at the time but caught up with in the current era), and so on. I wasn't a fan of the big marquee American horror films in the Seventies. I saw almost none of them at the time. They tended to strike me as tacky and overdone. Even at age 18 I was something of a fussy old queen. So there you are. H. Those made-for-TV films were shown quite a lot on ITV in the 70s and 80s. Being TV productions they were limited with what they could show violence and nudity wise, but made up for it in atmosphere and suspense. Even the silliest of them--I'm looking at you Killdozer--were entertaining and kept viewer interest. They also had pretty decent casts with familiar faces. Even the aforementioned Killdozer had Clint Walker, Neville Brand and Robert Urich. I was a little too young to see horror films in the cinema for most of the 70s, so missed out on most of the big titles. I understand what you mean about not being a fan of the big-name titles. I do prefer the cheaper B-movies of the era, though it has been mainly on VHS or DVD that I have managed to see them.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jun 15, 2021 18:00:24 GMT
I'm ashamed to say I'm still watching Blaxploitation trailers and clips. I've extended my watching into the wider genre from horror. Black Shampoo trailer is truly terrible, so bad that I refuse to link to it.
Some of these men are very dominant and powerful characters. Big and strong men. All Men.
Edited to say I don't include Blackenstein in that.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jun 15, 2021 18:44:46 GMT
I just remembered the Edward Thomas poem TONIGHT. Which I will share the first part of:
TONIGHT
Harry, you know at night
The larks in Castle Alley
Sing from the atticās height
As if the electric light
Were the true sun above a summer valley:
Whistle, donāt knock, tonight.
But who will be Harry and finish it?
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Post by ripper on Jun 15, 2021 18:53:53 GMT
I'm ashamed to say I'm still watching Blaxploitation trailers and clips. I've extended my watching into the wider genre from horror. Black Shampoo trailer is truly terrible, so bad that I refuse to link to it. Some of these men are very dominant and powerful characters. Big and strong men. All Men. Edited to say I don't include Blackenstein in that. Those guys were all men's men, but please don't overlook the ladies of blaxploitation. Check out trailers for Coffy (possibly my favourite blaxploitation movie, and never ever grab her hair!), Foxy Brown, Sheba Baby, Cleopatra Jones, Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold, Friday Foster, Get Christie Love, and many more. If you haven't already, take a look at the trailers for Sugar Hill (1974) and Abby (1974), the latter with William Marshall as an exorcist trying to cast out a demon from his daughter-in-law.
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Post by helrunar on Jun 15, 2021 19:17:05 GMT
Also, let us not forget Tamara Dobson as Cleopatra Jones pitted against a strident, implacable Shelley Winters as druglord "Mommy" (a performance that could be in the dictionary next to the phrase "over the top"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPDNZ6SEcDwTamara really taught some of these men how to RESPECT a woman. Making use of the only language any of them would ever comprehend. (It was very physical but not the sort they would have preferred.) Worthy of mention, too, is Nichelle Nichols in Truck Turner. I am afraid the dear Sisters at the Convent would not have approved of Nichelle's language, not to mention her skintight "Pimp Mama" clothing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOnHAm88so0H.
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Post by ripper on Jun 15, 2021 19:26:51 GMT
Also, let us not forget Tamara Dobson as Cleopatra Jones pitted against a strident, implacable Shelley Winters as druglord "Mommy" (a performance that could be in the dictionary next to the phrase "over the top"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPDNZ6SEcDwTamara really taught some of these men how to RESPECT a woman. Making use of the only language any of them would ever comprehend. (It was very physical but not the sort they would have preferred.) Worthy of mention, too, is Nichelle Nichols in Truck Turner. I am afraid the dear Sisters at the Convent would not have approved of Nichelle's language, not to mention her skintight "Pimp Mama" clothing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOnHAm88so0H. Whatever would Spock have made of that?
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jun 16, 2021 18:47:53 GMT
No one has finished the Edward Thomas poem Tonight yet! Sometimes I think I'm the only one who likes poetry on here. Hurry, before "time has ticked a heaven round the stars." (quoting Dylan Thomas for no reason).
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Post by weirdmonger on Jun 16, 2021 19:02:12 GMT
No one has finished the Edward Thomas poem Tonight yet! Sometimes I think I'm the only one who likes poetry on here.j Hurry, before "time has ticked a heaven round the stars." (quoting Dylan Thomas for no reason). I read and review poetry quite a lot.
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